Golf Badgers
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Golf Badgers (ɡɒlf bæʤə) - noun: A group of golfers obsessed with the game.Does this sound like you? If so, you're in the right place.Sam Cooper (Golf course architect) and James Bledge (Course Manager @ Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake) invite some of their friends from across the architecture and green keeping industries to join them for a deep dive on all things golf.Feasting on a gluttonous diet of golf course architecture, greenkeeping, agronomy and all of the topics usually too dull for polite conversation.We hope you'll enjoy spending some time with us.
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066 - Top Turf Tech: The Machines That Changed Greenkeeping
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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065 - Surviving and Thriving: Jack Percival’s Story of Resilience
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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064 - From seed to sale: How Inturf Service Sports Pitches
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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063 - From Stimp to USGA Smart Ball: Measuring What Matters on Modern Greens
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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062 - Royal Liverpool’s Robot Revolution with Craig Stoba (Husqvarna)
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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061 - From Cattle Stations to Toro: Bradley Taylor’s Greenkeeping Rise
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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060 - From Valderrama to Blackwell: Ben Lovett’s Greenkeeping Adventure
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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059 - Crafting Royal Portrush: Graeme Beatt on Fescue, Robots & Links Magic
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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058 - Nine, Twelve, or Nothing: Rethinking Golf’s Next Chapter
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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057 - From Kent to Hoylake: Fletcher’s Golf Bug (and Those High Bunkers)
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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056 - Lee Strutt - Sowing Seeds and Breaking Ground
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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055 - From North Wales to Deal: Ben Williams’ Linksland Journey
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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054 - Alistair Beggs - Practical Greenkeeping and the Art of Sustainable Golf
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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053 - Team Culture, Turf, and Tour Standards: Inside John McLoughlin’s Career
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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052 - Listener Question Time: Rain, Drought & Drainage
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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051 - Beyond Turf: Golf’s Role in Biodiversity & Balance
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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050 - Listener Question Time: Course Difficulty & Rainfall
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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049 - Solo Greenkeeping at Durness with Ali Morrison
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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048 - Architectural Match Play - Royal St. Georges vs Royal Cinque Ports - pt2
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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047 - Architectural Match Play - Royal St. Georges vs Royal Cinque Ports - pt1
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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046 - McDonnell & Cooper w/ Joe McDonnell
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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045 - How golf courses change over time
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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044 - Badgers are Back
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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043 - First Green with Jenny Bledge. PLUS Badger Merch is live!
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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042 - Making BIGGA better? - Scott Reeves
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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041 - Part 2 - What's Been Happening At Birkdale? - Sean McClean
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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040 - What's Been Happening At Birkdale? Part 1 of 2 with Sean McClean
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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039 - Pinehurst #2 - Working on a US Open course set up with Graeme Roberts (Part 2)
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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038 - North & back again (or maybe not) - Bledge and Sam discuss an ambitious trip to the Arctic Circle and whether Sam might now have to live in Sweden.
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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037 - Jerry Mulvihill of Lofoten Links - Arctic Special
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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036 - From Pinehurst to Hayling, and back again - Part 1. Graeme Roberts on managing a links in a changing climate
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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035 - Badger & Badger - some of our favourite things, from the trivial to the essential
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May 12, 2024 |
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034 - Greenkeeping for Dummies - the right way (and wrong way) to get quicker greens...
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May 02, 2024 |
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033 - Jim Price - Contracts Director at MJ Abbott
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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032 - How a Course Manager and Architect first approach a golf course...
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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031 - Scott Aitchison - (Many) Seasons in Dornoch
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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030 - Sam & Bledge discuss Spring on the Links, Southerness proposals and some ideas for future episodes...!
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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029 - The Roberts' Brothers - Scott and Graeme Roberts
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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028 - The UK's leading Irrigation Specialist: Adrian Mortram - Irrigation and Adventure
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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027 - Andy Ewence - CM at Woking on (re)building the Buckinghamshire, persuading Japanese owners and restoring the heathland at Woking.
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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026 - Harrogate and Phoenix debrief. Tractors, Autonomous mowers, Riviera and the importance of a community.
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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025 - Bledge talks to Lee and Sami Strutt
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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024 - Bledge and Phil Helmn on Managing Teams in Greenkeeping
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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023 - Badgers are Back - Part 2
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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022 - Season 2 - Badgers are back!
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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021 - Open Championship Question Special
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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020 - Open Debrief - Bledge and Sam have a quick catch up on the Monday after The Open
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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019 - Bledge and Sam discuss Open preparation, Bunkabins, the Open Support team and what they've both been up to
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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018 - From Corporate World to Golf Travel - David Jones (UKGolfGuy) and his unconventional journey into golf. Plus golf course rankings, lessons for green fee setters and a changing travel landscape
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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017 - Question Badgers 2 (Part 2) - Bledge and Sam answer your greenkeeping and golf course architecture questions on career advice, grass coverage and course design versus surface condition
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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016 - Question Badgers 2 (Part 1) - Bledge and Sam answer your greenkeeping and golf course architecture questions on Championship preparation, favourite Open Rota courses & small vs large budgets
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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015 - Jim Croxton CEO of BIGGA
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May 27, 2023 |
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014 - Hayling Special - Greig Easton & Graeme Roberts
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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013 - Question Badgers
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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012 - Dan Lightfoot of Syngenta
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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011 - Harrogate, Orlando, bunkers and Clegg Hammers
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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010 - Matt Plested - Stoneham GC
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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009 - Jim Croxton (CEO of BIGGA) on BTME 2023
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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008 - Lee Strutt - Cabot Cape Breton (& a lot of other stuff)
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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007 - Zac Blair & Kye Goalby - (Christmas) Tree Farm
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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006 - Sean McClean - Course Manager, Royal Birkdale
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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005 - Ryan Noades - GM/Owner, The Addington
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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004 - Sam Cooper - Architect w/ Clayton, DeVries & Pont
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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003 - Simon Olver - Course Manager, Ganton GC
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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002 - Rob McGuirk - Owner, Princes & Chart Hills
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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001 - Pilot - James Bledge
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Oct 24, 2022 |